[LON-CAPA-admin] New Testing Version 2.3.99.1 released

[Guy Albertelli II]

New Testing Version 2.3.99.1 Released

We are currently running this version at MSU.

I expect to make this into a 2.4.0 next week.


Notable Changes from 2.3:

- ability to download a zip file of all student file submissions to a
   homework problem
- <Task>
   - has some example templates
   - documentation describing usage
   - Edit mode works
   - fully testable in CSTR
- students can view previous submissions
- interface now defaults to icons instead of the 4-letter buttons
  (also 4-letter buttons cleaned up to look prettier) and words can
   be turned off to make a more compact interface
- more distibutions supported: SuSE 10.2, RHEL5
- hosts.tab/domain/tab now served by networked 'name servers' allowing
  for faster updates to cluster topology
- domain preferences can be changed interactively, and without
  submitting for next release (images, colors, logos autoenrollment
  settings)
- computer algebra system maxima available to homeowkr problems,
   - added tags <mathresponse> <mathhint> to use maxima for grading
   - <formularesponse> without sample points uses maxima to grade formulas
  
- new tag <customhint> for deciding on showing hints
- numerical/formula response's multianswermode, available in Edit mode
- page annotations work with enc'ed urls
- uploading of html file to portfolio prompts the user for embedded resources

- messaging
   - critcal message transferred to Inbox as read
   - CC and BCC possible in messages, and easily included on replies
   - Sent mail folder shows who it was sent to (rather than the sender)
   - users with priveldge can dissable to ability to eeasily reply to
     a message
   - specify a reply-to address
   - email forwarding more configurable 
   - users with privledge can archive any message from or to the student
     to the student's record
   - emailed excerpts can optionally allow HTML
- SPRS can ask directely about the value of specific parameters
- receipts vary for all parts in all multipart problems
- use " in titles of resources works correctly
- when printing labels for ranodomlabels were showing up in incorrect locations
- communication blocks apply to emailed excerpts for non critical messages
- if student photos enabled, they show up in discussion, and course messages
- fixed bug that prevented display of parameters showing in calendar


To install this update:

1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 5 or 6, RHEL (AS|ES) 4 or 5,
   SUSE 9.3 10.1 or 10.2, SLES 9 or 10
     (Fedora Core 4 should continue to work but is deprecated.)

2) If running Fedora or RHEL 5, use yum to update your machine and
   then install the LONCAPA-prerequisites (if not already installed).

yum update
yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites

    If running SUSE 9.3 or SLES 9, you will need to use yast remove
       and readd the lon-capa repository source and then force the update of
       LONCAPA-prerequisites
    If running SUSE 10.1 or SLES 10, use rug to update your machine.
    if running RHEL 4, use up2date to update your machine.



3) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from
wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.3.99.1.tar.gz

and untar it

tar xzvf loncapa-2.3.99.1.tar.gz

4) stop the Lon-CAPA system services

/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop

5) stop the webserver:

Fedora/RHEL:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop

SUSE 9.X/SLES 9:
/etc/init.d/apache stop

SUSE 10.1/SLES 10:
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop



6) Run the UPDATE script as root
cd loncapa-2.3.99.1
su
./UPDATE



7) restart the Lon-CAPA system services
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start


8) restart the webserver:

Fedora/RHEL:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

SUSE 9.X/SLES 9:
/etc/init.d/apache start

SUSE 10.1,2/SLES 10:
/etc/init.d/apache2 start





----NOTES
1) Many questions are answered at http://help.lon-capa.org
2) Defects reports, and enhancements requests can be entered at
   http://bugs.lon-capa.org
3) Mailing lists can be joined and left at http://mail.lon-capa.org

-- 
guy at albertelli.com   0-7-0-9-27,137